Rewards for firing people.
I don't understand why executives get paid big bucks to lay
people off. Can't just about anyone do that? Shouldn't it
be management's job to find new ways to make money and to put
the people they have to work. That takes real talent and
justifies being paid a bonus IMO. If management can't do that,
wouldn't the right thing be for them to say "we tried our best
but things didn't work out as planned", and then step aside and
see if someone else might have some new business ideas that work?
AT&T's current management has failed to successfully implement
a single new business idea and their antidote for that is to
eliminate jobs, including a large part of AT&T Labs Research.
Why do they still have their jobs?